Making hawthorn berry chutney

#ukforaging #foragingdelights #foraging

Dinner! Two Leccinum versipelle, orange birch bolete, that I left dome proper skid marks on the road for. My favourite! Well second favourite...

#mtb #hardtail #bolete #foraging

I haven’t been doing much #foraging this year. I’m still very interested in it, but decided it makes sense to get into a better habit of making things in the kitchen from conventional ingredients before I bring in more ingredients that are difficult to process or find recipes for. I really struggled with finding good uses for a lot of the things I brought home last year.

How many of you use ink?

🎨🌿 From wild foraged ingredients to captivating art, watch as visionary Toronto inkmaker Jason Logan paints a story of colour that reconnects us to the earth in Brian D. Johnson's THE COLOUR OF INK → bit.ly/ColourNFB

#NFB #ONF #Documentary #FeatureFilm #Ink #CanadianFilm #film #Canada #tattoo #illustration #writing #art #foraging

muscadine grapes.
#foraging

#bloomScrolling #mushroom #photo #photography #foraging

Looking forward to injecting this into my brain.

#books #foraging #plants

What could possibly go wrong... https://fortune.com/2023/09/03/ai-written-mushroom-hunting-guides-sold-on-amazon-potentially-deadly/amp/

#AI #enshittification #foraging #mushrooms

The passionflowers (Passiflora incarnata) are in bloom, and they've already started to make fruit. The vines twine around in the grass and climb up trees or fences. The egg-shaped fruit go "pop!" if you accidentally step on them. They're not ripe yet, but they'll be tasty when they are. Inside the papery skin is a mass of clear, juicy cells, similar to pomegranate seeds. They have a citrusy taste.

#plants #foraging #photography #flowers #florespondence

Found what I thought might be a hedgehog #mushroom on today's #foraging expedition... But it turned out to be something else- Sardon stereosarcinon, per iNaturalist. The smell is not especially pungent, but also not the faint to mildly sweet scent I recall hedgehogs having. #PacNW

A short list of wild Edible and Medicinal Plants and Herbs growing in many areas of BC for wildcrafting.

(Note: there are many other uses than what I have listed, don't use any of these if you are pregnant or nursing and research everything from a reputable source before using yourself)

Plantain: Plantago Major and Plantago Lanceolata- fresh leaves for bee and wasp stings, salads. Soothing skin salve.
Dandelion: Taraxacum Officinale (Asteraceae)- flowers for wine, roots for coffee-like beverage, leaves for salads and tonics
Mullein: Verbascum- leaves and flowers for teas, coughs, bronchitis and sore chest
Red Clover: Trifolium pratense- teas for coughs and colds, skin wash for psoriasis, flowers in salad
Periwinkle: Vinca minor- astringent for bleeding, mouth wash for ulcers, sore throat, bleeding gums (unsafe to take internally- use with caution)
Elderberry: Sambucus Caerulea (blue variety)-
flowers for teas, berries for wine, mead, syrups and cough drops. Enhances immunity.
Hawthorne: Crataegus monogyna (Rosaceae)- young leaves in salad. berries for elixir, brandy, syrups. Good for regulating heart rate.
Horsetail: Equisetum- astringent for wound healing, also useful for scrubbing pots
Wild Rose: Rosa acicularis- petals and rose hips for jelly, jam, incense
Pine: Pinus- resin and leaves for incense, leaves for flavouring meat and tea
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii- leaves for flavouring whisky, and meat
Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata- bark and leaves for incense
Mahonia (Oregon Grape): Mahonia aquifolium or the dwarf plant nervosa- many medicinal uses for the root, but I only use the berries for jelly and syrup.

#wildcrafting #foraging #selfsustainability #wildmedicine #PlantKnowledge

The scale of wrong identification on the polish plant id fb group is terrifying. I am really worried about these people, because most often they are interested in a given plant in the medicinal/consumption context.

Geez, don't tell so confidently to others that this plant is X and you should eat it, when you are not 100% sure that it is X. Please.
#plants #foraging #herbalism #identification

Mushroom pickers urged to avoid foraging books on Amazon that appear to be written by AI

Sample of books scored 100% on AI detection test as experts warn they contain dangerous advice
Amateur mushroom pickers have been urged to avoid foraging books sold on Amazon that appear to have been written by artificial intelligence chatbots.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/01/mushroom-pickers-urged-to-avoid-foraging-books-on-amazon-that-appear-to-be-written-by-ai

#AI #food #foraging #travel #misinformation

#Mushroom pickers urged to avoid #foraging books on #Amazon that appear to be written by #AI

A recipe for disaster!

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/01/mushroom-pickers-urged-to-avoid-foraging-books-on-amazon-that-appear-to-be-written-by-ai?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#DailyBloggingChallenge (39/50)

Goldenrod (Q212939) is currently in bloom and is ready for foraging. This is one of the key herbs to help combat the upcoming flu season.

Best to find the plants at least 50m away from any roadways. And cut them just below the last stems holding the flowers.

After the initial cut it is best to remove any extra foliage before laying out the flowers on sheets for drying. This is easier while the plant matter is still wet over later when it is dry.

Use screens or cardboard over metal sheets and have a breeze cycle frequently over it to reduce the chance of spoilage. This can also be done manually a couple times a day. Let them dry in a shaded area over direct sunlight.

#foraging #wildcrafting #goldenrod #herbalism

Harvested some more blackberries along our driveway after logging off work. They are so many! This was just from a stretch of a few metres.

Some for dessert tonight, the rest well go into the freezer to make into jam/jelly and wine at some point.

#berries #foraging #food

You can eat any plant or mushroom

at least once.

Seconds may be a little hard to eat for some though.

#Facts #Mushrooms #Plants #DYK #Foraging

You can eat any plant or mushroom

at least once.

Seconds may be a bit tough for some though.

#Facts #Mushrooms #Plants #DYK #Foraging

"The #Boston #Mycological Club, founded in 1895 “to bring together all of those interested in #fungi,” claims the title of oldest continuously existing amateur such club in the world."

https://www.cambridgeday.com/2023/08/20/walking-with-mushrooms/

#massachusetts #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mushroom #MushroomMonday #hiking #foraging #CambridgeDay #EdiblePlants #Nature #mycologist

Finally got lucky collecting chanterelles. 🙏 They smell amazing 😍. Question for science folk: if both apricots and chanterelles smell of apricots, then is it a coincidence that both are orange, or part of the explanation? #fungi #Chanterelle #apricot #foraging #science